I like to end my qigong classes with sharing gratitude for the practice. This is not a rote or trite gesture for me because I often reflect on how tai chi and qigong have made my life better in ways that I could not have imagined. The practice becomes deeper and more powerful the more I delve, and it is to my teachers and to their teachers before them that I thank for their generosity and patience. I am so fortunate to have found knowledgeable and caring tai chi and qigong teachers, Shifu Kraig Stephens and Master Liu He, and I know that what they have given is very precious and more valuable than any material object. Sometimes I bemoan the fact that I didn't discover tai chi and qigong until relatively late in life, but then I realize that I was probably not yet ready then and that I am lucky to have found them at all.